Phil Jones is the President and Chief Executive of Northern Powergrid – a Berkshire Hathaway Energy company. He is a chartered electrical engineer and has been in the energy sector since 1993. He joined the Board of the combined companies in 2002 and became President in 2006.

Phil remains actively involved in policy development at a national level in the UK, having served on and led advisory groups to both UK Government and the energy regulator, Ofgem, on the development of networks for low carbon economy, sustainable development, and consumer protection.

He is currently Chair of the Energy Networks Association and has in the past served as President of the Institute of Asset Management, and Chairman of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Council of the Confederation of British Industry.

Phil joined the Board of Pontefract Academies Trust in 2015, a multi-academy trust of nine schools in Yorkshire, taking the Chair role in 2017. He has since overseen a series of changes to the Trust leadership team, including changes to the Chief Executive, other executive leadership positions and non-executive trustees. The Trust has moved forward at some pace since 2018. The turnaround in performance of all schools and the development of a culturally aligned organisation has seen the Trust develop a strong and growing reputation for school improvement locally and regionally.